DLA’s Julia Foster joins panel of experts at UK Active National Summit
October 31, 2019
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DLA’s Managing Partner Julia Foster will be joining an incredible line up of speakers at today’s UK Active National Summit in London.
The National Summit will address how physical activity impacts and is impacted by:
How we live;
Where we live; and
How we work.
Alongside Sport England, DLA’s clients for Active Design, Julia will be joining a panel of experts to discuss the role of placemaking in encouraging physical activity and drawing on experience in new settlement planning, including Alconbury Weald.
To find out more about Active Design (an innovative set of planning and urban design guidelines that aim to get more people moving through the design and layout of places), click here.
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